Demon Dynasty

wtf Hannon why would you go there!!????? Go back and wait for a lead up target or hit the hot zone with a finger breaker. SHOCKING DECISION

May beaten by a junior in the marking contest twice in 10 minutes! Very poor stuff needed to kill that

Leave Gus on he's been cleanish today with limited time. OMG same tackle as the one on Lever but they get it. [censored] off!

Common boys. That was gritty stuff. JACKSON AND MELK woot!!!

dangerous tackle!!!???

May should not be losing that contest of strength with the size difference. Lockhart has done ok tonight. Kicking a bit dodgy on occasions.

Clarry's got to get that trick stuff out of his [censored] game and just play the percentages. Thank Lucifer for Jack. O-Mac is done. Can't play out 4 quarters.

For sure

Omg...a crumb for a goal!! Amazing. First time for the match?

Im a big fan but Harmes has been bog ordinary. How was that not incorrect disposal by Charlie. What a [censored] of a game the umps are having tonight. Drinking their own AFL bathwater.

STILL no genuine key tall forwards that are reliable kicks at goal. It's time to bring Brown in for 3 matches or so for Weid. If that fails then its time to ask Tomlinson to earn his keep in place of May and send May forward for the final experiment before cleaning out our Key Tall stocks at end of season.

Sorry but Weid just doesn't like the pressure when kicking with a deficit. STILL a downhill skier. When the going gets tough his kicking goes to water.

weid MUST kick this to justify his spot

Well there's the difference. We miss from 20 and Charlie hits it clean from 25

we can't get clean first possessions in the center bounces. So many fumbled attempts that turnover straight to the opp who then pick up clean much of the time and hit their man with the first disposal by hand. Also how many times have we not pushed back far enough behind the man on the mark and had the kick touched? Amateur stuff and much of it by experienced players. If we clean much of the rubbish first possessions up and eliminate the amateur hour idiocy we might get back in this.

Gosh some of our boys go so cold with skills, intensity and focus once the wick is turned up.

Their general field kicking and work rate to get off their opponent is better than ours after quarter time.

Gritty gutsy win by the Saints. Bit of class there also with Clarke, Hill & Butler running around. King and Membury up front doing well. Back 6 holding up also. They have a solid mix. Tackling's a little off at times and a few inexperienced fellas letting em down with disposal on occasions but aside from that not too shabby indeed.

Definitely. Melk is a weakish link in this team right now imv and needs to take it up a notch if he's to retain a spot in the 22. Would rather see a youngster like Bedford given an opportunity or possibly Brown for a decent block if he doesn't. Keep the pressure on and performances on the up from all 22, making it difficult for the next rung of players down but also giving them a sniff of opportunity if someone drops the ball over a reasonable block of games. Jones up forward and Melk to a wing.... Jones couldn't do much worse than Melk's game most weaks at this point and it avoids Jones having to connect too often coming inside 50 where he often struggles and we see some ordinary turnovers and sling shot rebounds.

Dees i respect your right to get a little excited but i have heard many false dawn announcements (roughly about 5) in the last 50 years and not just from supporters. The ones i'm referring to were ex players jumping on the media after we've won a block of games and moved into the top five (back in the day) or the top eight that we have now. Usually involving some romantic reminiscing of glory days gone by and comparisons of this team vs that great era team etc. Unfortunately nothing came of it and instead, after any such announcement (publicly via media interview / statement), the club would generally start to nose dive into a death spiral shortly thereafter.

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Road to Finals / GF - Triple Crown Update (to Rnd 7, 2020) V the Hawks Meters Gained Differential (looking for + 200 or more) ? +897 ✔️ Marks inside 50 Differential (any positive is a win but the higher the better) ? +10 ✔️ Contested Possession Differential (looking for a +10 or greater) ? +25 ✔️ Season Averages (the one that counts) Meters Gained Average Differential (looking for an average of + 200 or more) ? +99.2 ❌ A massive improvement on last week of 160 meters (on average). +897 against the Hawks is a huge difference. We have jumped three places to No.7 in the league. Not too shabby indeed. The top five with current ladder positions in parenthesis below. It is worth noting that only the top two clubs have a +200 (or greater) average here... 1. Power (1st) 2. Tigers (4th) 3. Cats (5) 4. Pies (3rd) 5. Lions (2nd) Marks inside 50 Average Differential (ideally we need to see a top 6 ranking) ? 4th! ✔️ Up five places from 9th last week to 4th is a great result with a +2.2 average differential. +10 a very nice differential win against the Hawks. The top 5... 1. Lions 2. Pies 3. Power 4. Demons 5. Tigers Contested Possession Average Differential (looking for +10 or more) ? +13 ✔️ Improving one place from 3rd to 2nd. The Pies just ahead with +14 average differential. Tracking very well here. The top 5... 1. Pies 2. Demons 3. Kangas 4. Cats 5. Power Not wanting to get too carried away just yet....but.... only one tick away from the magic triple crown

TOG% Correct DS against the Suns. However only 8 effectives in that match. Effectives probably a half decent indicator of reasonable ball use, by no means the ultimate indicator though. It's just a stat. I hear what you are saying though. Double that time and he should rack up about 14 to 16 which seems acceptable. However against the Hawks he was on substantially more game time @ 81% but racked up only 7 effectives. So 34% more TOG but one less effective disposal. Certainly not looking to judge him on one game though. My comment more applies to the trend and/or averages over the last 3 to 5 matches (approx) in terms of how he is tracking in the accumulation stakes. Ultimately as you say, quality is always better than quantity here. P.S. the lower stats with more game time now makes sense given the cheek unjury in the first quarter. That argument (Hawks component) is now null and void.